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William Madigan New Brunswick CA Origin

Hello...looking for the origin or immigration trail of the following individual:

WILLIAM MADIGAN was born 1792 in Ireland, and died April 1873 in either New Brunswick Canada or Aroostook County, Maine USA. He was married October 13, 1824 in Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada to Mary (Goodwin) Hawksley. They resided in New Castle, NB for awhile where William had a clothing store. They were there at the time of the great Miramichi Fire, and barely escaped with their lives by crossing the river at night in a canoe. After that, they went to Fredericton, NB for a number of years, and then to Prince William, NB. His wife Mary is included in some later Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine censuses, while William is not, although they are both buried in the Hodgdon Cemetery.

Presumed child of WILLIAM MADIGAN and MARY GOODWIN:
ISABELLA E.C. MADIGAN, b. December 20, 1819*, Saint John or Fredericton, NB Canada; d. November 8, 1898, Hodgdon, ME.

*Since unconfirmed records indicate Isabella E.C. Madigan was born in 1819, and confirmed records indicate William Madigan and Mary Goodwin were not married until 1824, Isabella could be the child of William Madigan and a previous wife.

THANK YOU for any insight!

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Hi Heidi,

You say William had a clothing store? Was he a tailor by any chance?

Found a Canadian military record for a William Madigan with a birthyear of 1793  a tailor who enlisted on the 15 January 1817  for 

98th (later 99th) Foot Soldiers in Canada. This William came from St Mary's Limerick (part of Limerick city) 

 

Anne Marie

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THANK YOU, Anne Marie!

I had been searching this family for several years, and kept coming up empty.  I set them aside and moved to a different line, and after a couple more years, have taken them back up.  This gives me hope that we have a strong lead!  The dates, locations, and trade all make sense.  I will pursue further.  I don't have a lot of experience researching records abroad, so this will be a new challenge!

Thanks again...Heidi.

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THANK YOU, Anne Marie!

I had been searching this family for several years, and kept coming up empty.  I set them aside and moved to a different line, and after a couple more years, have taken them back up.  This gives me hope that we have a strong lead!  The dates, locations, and trade all make sense.  I will pursue further.  I don't have a lot of experience researching records abroad, so this will be a new challenge!

Thanks again...Heidi.

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Hi Heidi,

I also have been working on this family for years but from the other side. Mary and her first husband...liaison Hawksley would be my line through their son John Goodwin Hawksley. Mary is my 3ggm. I have not determined yet if she and the Hawksley were ever married although it looks like they had four children together from 1810-1816. I have found a couple,of Hawksley's who were military serving in Canada during that time period but have made no ties yet.

Do you have any information on Mary's parentage? I have a letter if I can find it again from her daughter that states her Mather always told them that she was from NJ originally and her father was a Goodwin and her mother was a Workman but I have hit dead ends there also. Everything I have about her points to her father having been a loyalist and coming to New Brunswick on a resettlement. New Brunswick research is so hard because not everything has been digitized and there were no records kept until much later dates than what we need here. William Madigan is buried with Mary in Hodgdon Cemetary in Hodgdon Maine. There is a picture of their tombstone on Find A Grave. They, I believe, lived with her daughter Mary McAdams in Maine.

thought I would touch base and see if you have been able to find anything about Madigan.

Russ Beals

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